Abstract
Glass exhibits brittle failure behavior. Therefore, redundancy is a fundamental design requirement when using glass as a main structural material. On this basis, a novel structural concept has been developed for hybrid glass-steel posttensioned triangulated structures, where the two materials collaborate. In forming such lattice structure, local fracture must be avoided. This paper presents a parametric study that highlights the influences of mechanical and geometrical parameters on the in-plane and out-of-plane static behaviour of laminated triangular glass panels. The resulting data set constitutes a useful source for the designer to select the most appropriate component. The main sensitivity parameters are panel length, laminate thickness, and interlayer stiffness.
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Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 26 • Issue 1 • March 2020
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Received: Mar 7, 2018
Accepted: Mar 28, 2019
Published online: Nov 21, 2019
Published in print: Mar 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Apr 21, 2020
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Building materials
- Composite materials
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Failure analysis
- Fiber reinforced composites
- Geomatics
- Glass
- Laminated materials
- Materials engineering
- Mathematics
- Nonlinear finite element analysis
- Parameters (statistics)
- Statistics
- Structural analysis
- Structural behavior
- Structural engineering
- Surveying methods
- Triangulation
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